Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, a tumor composed of gliomatous and sarcomatous tissue.

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  • noun A rare kind of glioblastoma, consisting of gliomatous and sarcomatous components.

Etymologies

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glio- +‎ sarcoma

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Examples

  • Patients suffering from recently diagnosed malignant brain tumors called glioblastoma multiforme or a rare variant called gliosarcoma may be eligible to participate in a Phase II clinical trial at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center that combines two innovative drugs.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • The researchers have demonstrated that they could get the small molecule calcein, the bovine serum albumin protein and plasmid DNA through the cell membranes of human prostate cancer cells and rat gliosarcoma cells using this technique.

    innovations-report 2010

  • The researchers have demonstrated that they could get the small molecule calcein, the bovine serum albumin protein and plasmid DNA through the cell membranes of human prostate cancer cells and rat gliosarcoma cells using this technique.

    Smart Economy 2010

  • Anticancer Drugs 1992 Oct; 3 (5): 525-530 Differential inhibition of proliferation of human squamous cell carcinoma, gliosarcoma and embryonic fibroblast-like lung cells in culture by plant flavonoids.

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  • Dilmanian FA, Button TM, Le Duc G, Zhong N, Pena LA, et al. (2002) Response of rat intracranial 9L gliosarcoma to microbeam radiation therapy.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Raphaël Serduc et al. 2010

  • The addition of Tarceva® (erlotinib) and Temodar® (temozolomide) during and after radiation therapy improves survival in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and gliosarcoma, according to the results of a study published in the

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  • The addition of Tarceva® (erlotinib) and Temodar® (temozolomide) during and after radiation therapy improves survival in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and gliosarcoma, according to the results of a study published in the

    unknown title 2009

  • The addition of Tarceva® (erlotinib) and Temodar® (temozolomide) during and after radiation therapy improves survival in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and gliosarcoma, according to the results of a study published in the

    unknown title 2009

  • a squamous cell carcinoma (HTB 43) and a gliosarcoma (9L) cell line at 2-8 micrograms/ml concentrations.

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